Data Ingestion Specialist
Location: US, CA, San Francisco
Employment type: Full-time
Industry: Computer Software

Company profile:
At iMATCHATIVE, we believe in the power of science and technology to inspire creative solutions and to transform businesses. We apply big data, superior analytics, psychological assessment tools and proprietary algorithms, along with human intellect and professional experience, and a healthy dose of imagination, innovation and integrity, to develop innovative products.We are pleased to introduce altX, our first product, an automated, two sided, online platform that promises investors and hedge funds alike, deeper, more intelligent analytics and searches and a more efficient, less expensive capital allocation process.

Job description:
iMatchative is building a disruptive financial investment platform with a huge emphasis on data acquisition, data analytics, entity matching, and smart investment recommendations for our customers.  Our team is diverse and unique, including finance experts, data scientists, and psychologists, as well as a solid core of engineers, designers, and product managers.  We need a superstar like you to join our growing team as we transform the world of investing.  As Data Ingestion Specialist, you will be responsible for filling the pipelines of our financial platform with meaningful, relevant, and awesome data.   You will use your skills with APIs, scripting, screen scraping, crawling, and system integration to gather as much relevant data as possible, and get it into our systems quickly and efficiently.   You will work closely with other members of data operations, the engineering team, and product management to ensure our data pipelines, systems, and tools are working at maximum efficiency.  You will be a critical member of a product and engineering team that is building a unique new financial investment platform.

Requirements:
ResponsibilitiesDesign effective, scalable processes for acquiring and collecting high volumes of financial, social, and related dataBuild and implement powerful scripts for crawling, scraping, and collating data from multiple sources and formatsWork closely with data ops, engineering, and product managers to develop innovative solutions to data problems Advocate for effective Agile process at all timesRequired skills3+ years of experience in a data operations capacityExperience growing and working with large datasetsRockstar-level skills in the ETL space (extract/transform/load)Expert level knowledge of Python or similar scripting language (the more the better)Expert level experience building scraping and crawling tools for ingesting large amounts of data quickly and elegantlyProficiency with Scala, Hadoop, Kapow, related ETL tools, and other modern data management practicesProficiency in SQL, Apache Pig/HiveDeep knowledge of relational (MySQL, Postgres) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB, Couchbase)Strong analytical and technical skills &amp; excellent communication skills across multiple mediaFlexible, startup mindset with proven success in fast-paced environmentsOrganized and efficient, with the ability to juggle multiple simultaneous client deadlinesBA/BS degree, or equivalent, preferably with a quantitative-focus (Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, etc.)Must be able to work in our San Francisco office!Preferred skillsProficiency in other coding languages and environments, such as Java,  C#, etcExperience with SaaS systems in general, and Amazon AWS in particularStrong belief in, and experience with, the Agile processComfort working in various shell environmentsExperience in the finance industryKnowledge of psychology and behavioral finance 

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